STATE v. WILLIS

No. 15620-KA.

446 So.2d 795 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, v. L.J. WILLIS, Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

February 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weinstein & Hiller by Lewis Weinstein, Shreveport, for appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, Paul J. Carmouche, Dist. Atty., R. Lee Irvin and Catherine M. Estopinal, Asst. Dist. Attys., Shreveport, for appellee.

Before HALL, JASPER E. JONES and SEXTON, JJ.


JASPER E. JONES, Judge.

The defendant, L.J. Willis, was charged with negligently killing Qumi Willis, in violation of La.R.S. 14:32.1 He was convicted in a bench trial. He appeals his conviction and sentence, contending there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction.

At about 1:00 a.m. on May 15, 1982, Qumi Willis, the wife of the defendant, was killed by a shot from a .410 gauge shotgun in the kitchen of her home in...

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